Clearwater Township, located in the northwest quadrant of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, occupies an area of extraordinarily beautiful topography and is known regionally as the “Gateway to Torch Lake.” Traversed by the Rapid River, bounded on the north by Torch Lake and on the west by the Torch River and Lake Skegemog, the Township is advantageously positioned along the major waterways of The Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed. This watershed drains fourteen lakes, and their interconnecting rivers, in a 500 square mile area of land across Antrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse and Kalkaska Counties. The waters of this watershed finally reach the mouth of Elk River in Elk Rapids, where they flow into the Grand Traverse Bay and join Lake Michigan.

Reflecting the important presence of these waterways in Clearwater Township, approximately one quarter of the Township’s land area is devoted to public recreational uses such as hiking, fishing, swimming, boating, and camping in the summer and hunting, snowmobiling, snow-shoeing, and cross-country skiing in the winter in the Township’s forests, conservation areas, rivers, lakes and streams.

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Welcome to New Website

Welcome to the new Clearwater Township website. More updates are on the way, so be sure to check back. If you have a suggestion, feel free to call the township office at 231-331-6249 or email clerk@clearwatertwp.com.

Next Meeting Dates:

All meetings begin at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted and are held at the Clearwater Township Community Center, 5407 River Street, Rapid City, MI.

Township Board Regular MeetingMarch 21, 2018 at 6:30P

Planning Commission MeetingApril 2, 2018

Zoning Board of AppealsApril 9, 2018

The Clearwater Township Board will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon seven (7) days’ notice to the Clearwater Township Board. Individuals requiring such service should contact the Clearwater Township office at 231 331-6249 or P.O. Box 1, Rapid City, MI 49676